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Ö" The Evening Journal Ht 20,245 . Circulation Yesterday > 1 The Weather Fair tonight and Thursday, no , change In temperature, moderate '! northwest winds. Non-Returnable J LATE NEWS EDITION WILMINGTON, DELAWARE. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22. 1922 18 PAGES THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR. NO. 141 TWO CENTS. LONDON'S IDLE THREATEN GOVERNMENT, CHARLOTTE MILLS FACES MURDER PROBERS CERTAIN SIZE a i / Commission Not to Permit Domestic Grades for Business Places HOPE FOR ADEQUATE SUPPLY NTvXT MONTH With a view of conserving the «tock« of ege. «tove. rhe«tnut and hand In the yard« il now P#»a ct of the local dealer«, the Delaware Coal Commission announced today It has restricted the use of these sixes for domestic purpose« only. Until further notice, therefore, no deliveries of »tove. chestnut or P*a coal will he permitted to store». .Tarages, office buildings, etc. The growing scarcity of anthra cite coal Is due to the fact that heavy shipment« are now being made to the lakes and other sec tions of the country dependent on water transportation, in order to provide the tonnage required before the close of navigation, which nor mally takes plact from November 23 to December 1. It is expected that; after this date there will be a re sulting increase in shipments to this! territory, but in the meantime every effort must be made to distribute' the available stocks to the greatest number. During the existing shortage the Commission urges the necessity of in increased use of hKuminous or buckwheat coal for «team purposes, and that all domestic consumers who are obliged to get coal at this) time he willing to take any size of) coal the dealer may he able to fur nish. as it will he Impossible dur ing the pre«ent emergency to «up-*! ply the demands for stove end chest nut coals alone. Householdera^ac customed to use them* two sires may when necesnary substitute egg and pea coal with satisfactory results. DEATH THREAT FOR CLEMENCEAU , "Don't Say 'Too Much About Our County and Germany," Vet Writes f I EXTRA POLICE ____ _ GUARD FOR VISITOR ' | .VEW YORK, Nov. 22 (United ! letter threatening: thelof f*r»s).—A life of George» Clemenceau, was re ceived today at the home of Charles j Dana Gibson, where the "Tiger" is) ( .-laying. "Dont you dare say too much about our country and Germany.' the letter read in part. "If you don't heed our orders, you will hear bullets flying about your head." "We are sick of you Poilus poi soning the minds of our people." The letter waa signed: "A World War Veteran." A Poilu guard escort which was to have accompanied the "Tiger" tc the Chamber of Commerce this af ternoon. was doubled. The letter was turned over to thej police sergeant In charge of tbe j squad protecting Clemenceau The letter was scrawled In bad English. DELAWARE POST AUXILIARY. Plans for elding the post in Its entertainments TODAV'8 TEMPERATURE \l The Evening Journal Office. O on A. M.. .34 12.01 P. M...4Î ;0 no A. M...38 1.00 P. M...43 winter program of discussed at the meeting of the Ladle»' Auxiliary of Delaware Post. No. 1. American Legion, last The <t-om«n will take full •ere night. charge of one or more of the en tertainments, decided upon at the next meeting. The members of the auxiliary are to the dis Definite plans Will he planning for a dinner abled soldiers at the Brandywine sanitarium on Thanksgiving. For Clover Dairy' Safe Milk phone 1540-1541.—Adv. SUN AM» TIDE. .6.53 A. M .1,37 P. M. Sun rises .... San sets .... Head of Christiana. High wafer..2.07 A. M. Low water..9 40 A. M. 10.05 P. M. 2.31 P. M. I - - — I ( lost 1 . PITPPY—Liberal reward Ifretlorlok, Price's Corner novI3-Sl. A iREDAJ.rc William Phone 4811-W (Continued on Page Seventeen.) The Women of Our Congress j ®*M. a. A •»* !r > k ■ V. . v E ' '' i' • i r ' ' "• : ■{ i lev A , Wash Here ore the two feminine member» of Congre»» arriving i At the left is Mrs. W. H. Felton, lady Senator from Georgia. The ingtun. nominated to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Watson, lady of the House of Representatives la Mrs. Winifred Mason Huck, Con-1 gresswoman from Illinol*. i FEWER IN JAIL AT THIS TIME Decrease, of 35.5 Per Cent. Reported in Delaware in Four Years WARDEN PLUMMER GIVES SOME FIGURES Delaware ranks among States re porting a decrease in number of prisoners In penal Inatltutlons. ac cording to a census bulletin Issued by the Department of Commerce. Washington, today. In 1917 four Instltutlona In the State for confinement of prisoner« reported a total of 575 prisoner* For 1922 the name Institution» re ported only 371, a decrease of 35.5 per cent. This 1» the largest de crease shown by any State except New Hampshire, here the number prisoner* fell off 37.8 per cent. The State of Maryland reported decrease of 10.3 per cent In number of prisoners for the same compara live periods. New Jersey a decrease of 5.3 per cent, and' Pennsylvania an increase of 12.3 per cent. District of Columbia al»o reported an Increase of 13.3 per cent while New York reported a decrease of 14.8 per cent. In Its bulletin, the Department of Commerce says In part: "According to returns received bj Ihe Bureau of the Census, the num The her of prisoner» confined In Feder« penitentiaries. Slate prisons, county Jail*. State and county chain or road gangs, city police stations, and other penal institutions on July 1, 1922. was 163,889, of which number 5.549 were reported for three Federal penitentiaries, 78,673 for 104 State prisons. 44,283 for 2.451 county penal Institution» (principally Jails), (Continued on Page Sixteen.) When Joseph Bodnar was arraign ed In Municipal Court this morning on a charge of breach of the peace toward Me father, he sa.d that his, arrest came after he had protected The father said that his son de cllneg to contribute any money to ward the running of the home and upkeep of three other children. He charged that Joseph became abusive 1»»' night because he hall asked him lo help pay a »tore oiU. The court referred the case to De tective Kempskl for investigation and continued it until Friday, De FATHER AND SON ACCUSE EACH OTHER his sister from being beaten. an4 (cember 1. BRICK HITS WHITE. among Negroes, Struck by a brick during a row at Second Orange street«, last night, Calhoun White, colored, of 22« Orange street, sustained severe scalp wounds, and waa treated at the Delaware Hoe pltal. He wa* unable to g ve the •police a description of hls assailant, I STATE GUARD ASKS INCREASE Adjutant-General Confers With Governor Relative to Budget T - P . I TU . rvpy A f en HhAL I n KvJAKiJ ALMJ DDUCCMTC CirM IDCTC r Kfc JclN I J rlUUKCO Special to The Evening .Tourne). DOVER, Nov. 22.—Hearing» were given by Governor Denney yeterday to the Adjutant-General'» depart ment and the State Board of Health, relative to their budget for tbe next *two years. The salary of the Adjutant-General has been 11600 and that of two clerks at 83000. making a total of 14600 and an increase will be asked {6100 (or the employment of an other clerk. The appropriation for organizing An an to companies has been 18.600. priation of $6,700 will be asked for each year, -the increase being to or ganire other companies In tfAe State The appropriation for clothing: has been $1 oon and an Increase to $1,400 will be asked for. The contingent fund for janitors' service, office equipment and run ning of plant of {6,130, the same as in the past, will be asked for. An emergency fund of {3.000 which has Continued on Page Eight. liJEOI.E) DRIVER WHOSE AUTO KILLED MAN I > , Emil Klappsteln. who died In the Monday night, j (following Injuries sustained when i struck by an automobile along the (causeway on the night of Novem Coroner Bullock will hold an In quest Friday night In the case of Delaware Hoeplta 1 ber 12, On a charge of manslaughter. Earl j S. Titter, driver of Ihe automobile that ran down Mr. Klappsteln w^» ihèld in {5.000 ball and fhe case con tinued until January 9 hy Judge | Hastings in Municipal Court this m0 rning. Titter was held last week for „ hearing January 9 on charges of a ,«sti U lt and batten' on Mr. Klapp s t P i n and Arthur Grohman, who also | run down by the machine and now in a hospital as a result of his injuries. Klappsteln died Monday n ight at the Delaware Hospital, was CONTINUE CASE TO GET WITNESS To give the defendant an opportu nity to produce a witness to show that the car la properly licensed, the of Fred Hoeherle. charged with operating an automobile without a license and without proper tags, was rontlnued until Friday hy Judge Hartings In Municipal Court this morning. He was required to leave (35 cash and the machine as surety for hls appearance on Friday. . PLOT SEEN Police Prepared to Balk Possible Attempt to March on Parliament BARRICADES TO GUARD BONAR LAW LONDON, Nov. 22. (United Pre»*) —An army of unemployed estimated at a hundred thouaand men mob ilized today for an attempt to march on Downing street to Inaiat upon It' demanda being mdt by the Honor Law government. For day» paat unemployed con tingenta have been converging on the capital from all direction». The con aervatlve preaa take» a sensational view of the aituation atatlng that a Communiât plot ia afoot. Bonar Law refuaea to receive representatives of the unemployed. Heavy reserve« of police, are In readiness to deal with all eventuali tie». Barricades u»ed during the Sinn Fein activities will repel the invader» If they attempt to storm Downing (Continued on Page Might) GUAHÜ AGAINST MEASLES SPREAD While no Disease Danger Exists, Health Board President Warns DANGER LIES IN PNËUMON1A Believing that prevention Is far better than cure, the Board of Heafth Is taking every precaution to prevent an epidemic of measles in Wilmington similar to that now pre yaiiing j„ Philadelphia. Camden.and nearby towns, and with this in v.ew Dr. C. M. Hanby, president of the Board, has urged that the teachers of all schools, both public and private. promptly report any euspicious cases among their pupils no that any affected with nuatles may be promptly isolated. Dr. Hanby believe» there is no need for alarm at this time as ther? are only eieven cases of the disease) Continued on Page Eight. DYNAMITE CASE Mills' Counsel Fights to Keep Phillips Front Testifying CONTINUE CASE UNTIL TOMORROW I 1 j In the preliminary hearing before [Judge Hastings. In Municipal Court thla morning. In the case of Luther, Mills, charged with conspiracy with five other men. who are now serving prison sentence»* in connection with th8 a , tempt to dynamite the Four-, leenth street bridge of Ihe Penn «yl van la Railroad Company, Rob- j er O. Harman, counsel for the de fendanf, objected to the sentenced conspirators testifying against Mills 1 unie»» they so desireil and to the admission of statements made i by the other eonplrators purportlSg to impllcate Mills. Judge Hastings continued the ease (Continued on Page Eight.) I TARVEY TRACT NOT ADDED TO ARDEN a town meeting last night discussed the pro trust of Arden whereby the newly Residents of Arden at posed amendment to the deed of acquired Harvey farm could be in- j eluded In the Arden town limit», j While no vote was taken, the que»- • lion was discussed at length, ft was announced today that some opposition to the project. The , matter, will be discussed again at [ ihe next town meeting. there was : DELAWARE LODGE I. (». O. F. DANCE Thursday evening, Eden Hall. Prizes in sold. The Peerless Or chestra. Admission 50c.—Adv. .A • Rulers of »Italy Celebrate Victory Over Austria 1 a. C.\ rsi » . <• —* cw T n- ! <£■ . A w f • • 1 À I h Hi V». JL. ^.. L 4 P Hi >■ % 41 I t m t » > . '■i t. x t Th» anniversary of ihr victory of Italian arm» wa» celebrated by the Fa»ci»tl cabinet with c*re Kere I» ehnwn Mn»»oIini (center) with hla cabinet. General Dlaa, monte» at the etatue of Peace in Rome. Italy'» leader in the World War and now mlnlater of war, 1» »hown on Mue«olinl'a right. rfc USE BUCKETS AS HOT HOSE BOOST Men and Women Carry Water to Combat Selby ville Flames MARCH PUPILS FROM BURNING BUILDING îiperinl to Th« Tvsnlng .7ournal. 1 SKl-BTvn.T.E. Del.. Nov. 2S 1 Bucket brigade« had to be formed combat ! by Selbyville reaidents j flamea that threatened the town with to destruction when the hose of I local Are company broke. There I an abundant supply of water but hose gave way under the »light pre» sure from png« and was worthless for tire-fight mg purposes. Bucket brigades of men and women thon wer«* formed and did effective work until the Berlin, Georgetown ami Laurel lire and hall. Mrs. companies arrived and bdued the liâmes. Il Is now estimated that from {8000 to 110,000 will cover the tal damage. The principal loss was the destruction of old Salem M. church, used as an auxiliary school Evans, Fl I Miss Edith Monty and Miss Helen being Matthew», the teacher», a commended for the orderly wuy they conducted the seventy-five pupil» fire drill formation, out of the frame lbuilding. Afler Misa Eva (covered the upper part of tt>e hall filled with smoke and flames, The roof of the parsonage of the church was on fife »eferal times and it was feared It would also he de stroyed. but the work of the bucket brigade and the subsequent arrival of the other firefighters saved The two, story bundling of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows on Duke street: the M. E. parson age on Church street and the resi denee of C. T. Roger» on the South side of Churfh »freet, were all en dangered and at different times were had dl» on or» The damage to the Salem Meih odist Episcopal Church was chiefly {caused by water as the walls, , r8 0 f stone and the roof Is cçvered with slate. The damage to th# ,. r properties was greater a* they are „f frame construction. Very little insurance was carried on any of the building». While the town had an adequate supply of waier. having Ie*s than two month.» ago completed a { 40,000 water system, the townspeople themselv th* fact handicapped heca that their fire fighting equipment. Including new hose, had no t arrived, although ordered, since the completion of the syetem. Calls for help were sent out and within fifteen minutes from the (Continued on Page Fourteen) Snow Flurries Although winter will not be officially ushered in for nearly another month, there were sev eral snow flurries today. The If weather man report« fair and warmer weather for the next j twenty-four hour*. The feathery flakes today were received with J acclamations ot delight by many youngsfers who were in ! hopes that they would he aljle lo get out their sleds for the old winter sport of coasting. How ' ever, the flurries had nor shown any inclination to materialize I into a snowstorm early this || afternoon. BANDITS SIÄL MAH. AND IIBIVCO Registered Packages Not on Stolen Truck, Authori ties Say RELEASE MAN AFTER HOUR WILD DRIVE CHICAGO,. Npv. :: tunlfe.1 —. I Press)—A truckload of mall wà» i ,oday bj J *4*° bandit» here j who kidnapped the driv«r and drov« ;awRy w Jth the mail .«ack#». i*ostal «ulhoritlc« che« king up .«aid the roMiers held up (he wron* truck, that a load of registered mail which ; left the po*t»f1lcc a .nhort lime pre the loot sought. V1 ™î** y " Tht * , *' u '' k *°« l « # *** wlMl to , * k ** 11 lo Omaha by aeroplane ' , " 1 "•* , M *'* 1 k ' l,ül * av ' a * ,,on /**■*"• w "** n held up boulevard* The driver, after be a »auth ing forced lo accompany I be rubbers for nearly an hour in a wild drive along the principal boulevard» of (he was finally liberated on the ex side, miles from where city, | irerae north 1 'he hold-up occurred. The truck had not been located I 1 I • three hours after the robbery. ! THINK IT ONE . ERONTSTREET I Property Owners Want Thoroughfare Paved to Union Street OF MAIN HIGHWAYS : I A majority of the merchants and property* owners in West Front street have Inaugurated a campaign oth-'for Ihe Improvement ofMhat thor- 1 oughfare from Market to I nior . street». The first of these activities began last work when Edward F. | - Bnbenzer ,409 We»t Front street. appeared before the Street and Sewer Department and .requested a general cleaning up of the street. next day the department clean ofl'ed Ihe /Ireet. Following on this general clean '"If 'IP. these merchants and prop erly owner» led by John Catheart, '300 Weet Front street petition re questing the directors to improve the street bed by replacing it with a con-, surface, was pla'ced In eir-1 After one week's e erete culafton. (Tory; (•Continued on Page Eight) ALLIANCE OPENS HOME CONVENTION ( TUe annual horn« convention of t)ie Christian and Missionary Alii nnce, SO4 West Fifth «Iren, will open this evening. The Rev. S. W. McOarvey. assist ant district superintendent of the District ot Ihe Christian and Missionary Alliance, will speak The Rev. F, B. Uollit. ot Corning N. Y.. will speak at the convention "The'Second Coming of Christ." of Eastern on The'convention will continue ovei next Sunday, with two services each i day at 2.30 and 7.30 p. m. i/ 1 CONVICT HIM Of SHIIOTINIi BOYD • j I Counsel for Personti Balks Sentence by New Trial Appeal EMPTIED SHOT INTO OFFICER'S SHOULDER Nltfhola* Person»!. who »hot and caster and Ford wvenuea early In the morning of August 27, was found guilty of a charge of assault with In tent to commit murder by a Jury In Court of General Session* ibis morn ing. The jury wa» out twenty-live m i nu| „ Lilburne Chandler, counsel for Personti, moved for a new trial and wounded Police Olllcer Harold L Boyd , n (h# r((tht ,(, ou!der at l,„. H»kcJ for orreal of Judgment, ihua ,i- 1 ■,,n g »enteric « until the dl»po»l At th*- tmicc h.» wa» »hot. Officer wa» q »llunlng Per»o - to tion of his motion. Royd companion, Castro Farraone, as 'he contenls of a bag he was carry PersonlT and Farraone are under Indictment charging .arceny Ing. I of peaches which were In the bag fro mthe orchard of August Fersche. 1 near Sllverbrool{ cemetery. men were employed at the cemetery, Before opening of tly> trial yester day a'fternoon, Lilburne Chandler, attorney for Personal, offered to en 1er a plea of guilty for hla client to a Charge of simple assault, but the State declined to permit the charge to be changed from assault with in tent to commit murder. Mr. Chand Both 1er. therefore, decided to go to trial In an endeavor lo obtain a Jury ver diet of simple assault. Personti before the Jury Insisted that he did not voluntarily fire the gun. claiming that In an attempt to gel away before the officer saw him with Ihe weapon the trigger caught in his clothing and exploded the •» Officer Boyd said that he w«» que» tinning the defendant'» companion, (Continued on Page Fourteen) L'IVpT) fDR SPRFDINHi 1 lllljl' 1 till k'l litvlfl.lll, LE P V'T IYDIVI? I\I PITV rltl»5l trill V Tj 111 vl 1 1 Pleading gulltv to a charge of ex reeding the speed llmif, Fred Uono 9, wa» fined 110 and costs by van, Judge Hastings in Municipal Court He was dismissed in this morning. license, with the he take out a license.. Donovan, who wa» arrested hy Motorcycle Officer Hynaon. said il was the first time he ever drove the payment of costs on a charge of operating an automobile without e nderstanding that car in the city. MANY WELL WISHES J FOR ELIAS N. MOORE Ella» N. Moore, who today is oh pofl ulnimink hundred, was called on rnorning hy many friend« who offered congratulations. A family reunion Is one of the feature« of today'« reunion. Mr ardent Republican, is the to of 1897. Moore, an only surviving member of Ihe leg islature of 1864-5. He was a mem her of the constitutional convention LOANS Wilm. Morri* Plan Bank.—Adv, 'ft MISS HILLS TELLS JURORS Of HOME LIFE Widower of Slain Choir Sinper Also Relates Fam ily Events Before Dual Murder MAY NOT CALL MRS. GIBSON TODAY POMPrHVTT.DR. N. .7., NTov. 23 (T'nfted Press)—Charlotte moat tragic figure of the Hal^Mlll» murder mystery, was called by the grand jury in Ita investigation today of the murder. Mill». The young »chool girl, with the aid of pro»ecutor Mott related event» of her home life up to the time of her mother'» deeth. She waa précédai on the atand by her father , Jem«», Mill», who It ia underatood testified that he knew nothing of the alleged relation» between the wife and the »Iain rector. Other Important witnesses have been summoned wh-o ■ "lay*» are rha session of the grand Jury former Hall servants, Barbara Tough and Louis Oeiat. There was a report that Mrk* Gtt> »on. the "pig woman" would ba mimed today but this la doubtful. It I» believed »he win be the firat • ailed next Monday, the day Jury will reconvene sum ■ the after today'» session, a rare«« over the week-end being planned. That the close of the oaae will bn gratefully regarded by the citizens h . ,r *.. ta ln th » •dltorlal hi I he New Brunswick paper tonight. This editorial) reads In part: , M ". 1 Ml11 * m brder caae he» f™**!""* "'""«/I** ?. 1 b 'o <""* r *' ! ° f •"<> . th »' fh « Somerset ' ' d ury will not take th* adjournment Wednesday to meet again next week •"? «-^sidération of the evj. 1 * me ln Ole cane. » public '•i ■WKh three Jaya of Ihe inveatlga _ tlun «ooomjtllahed there ahould not be a gM.it deal longer to go »Mm Wednesday, and It won . »«en or for the member» ■ •• ■ ; Jury themaelvea lo linl»h the eag^TM one /^ttliig laatead of dragging k out furtfier. "The sooner fhe c«»e la completed one way or the other, the better It will b« for *11 concerned. Suaplcion into certain quarters. If that plclon I» not Justified U I» duty to see that it Is removed oa «a possible. On Ihe other hand If there la any found at top, for It. there »hould be an Indictment at one«." haa been directed by the authorities .»ua thelr soon Seventeen witnesses, almost all of minor Importance, weye before the Grand Jury yesterday. They testified o nothing that haa ; been to |d. The two policemen wo , Curran and Garrlgan. head*! (h8 | Utj and a s aU ibba laboratory doctor> Armstrong, tb8 ground not already who guarded the bodies for an hour or who analyzed and determined the amount of blood that had poured from Mrs. Mills throat, testified a (Continued on Page Sixteen.) DR. HULLIHEN SOON TO LEAVE HOSPITAL Special to The Evening Journal. NEWARK, Nov, 22.—Dr. Walter HUlllhen. president of the University Delaware, who was operated on at Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, two weeks ago. Is recovering so rap will probably be able to leave the hos pital the latter part of this week. After leaving the hospital. Dr. Hulll hen will probably go to Atlantic City for a time (o fully recuperate before resuming hie dutie» as president ot the university. Smith is acting president in hls ab sence. -Jyb idl -V lhnt 11 *• "nderstood he Deah E. Lourenee MISS SCHILLING IMPROVES. Miss lone Schilling who recently underwent an operation at the Homeopathic Hospital. Is much Im proved and experts to return home a few day». SKE THE MOV,KS TCMORROIV. Invitation* to the Movies are ex tended to eix person« tnd«y through Classified Advertising D«n,rt ment. Look through thf^classified advs. end if your name is there rom« the Journal office and receive free tickets for two (war tax paid) ta production. "The He Loved." and Buater Keaton. In "The Paleface." at the Arcadia, and Wallace Reid, in "The .Ghost Breaker," at the Queen, Thursday night. Bee page IT today. the special Woman A ••